What Motivates Drug Cartel Violence?
Transportation routes to the US/Mexico border, border towns and plain old greed and jealousy account for the vast majority of drug related murders between Mexico's drug cartels. Unfortunately, many of the

Negative Emotional States
Hyperkatifeia is an increase in the "intensity" of negative emotional states that develop during opioid withdrawal.
Opioids administered in excess of need, i.e. more than then the body needs to maintain health, will reac

Testosterone is an essential component of a person's sexual health. That is why it's important to understand the full impact that heroin plays on testosterone levels.
Androgens and Testosterone
Androgens are sex steroid hormones. They are m

Elimination half-life
The "elimination half-life" is the time period it takes for the plasma concentration of a drug to be halved. Hence, each successive half-life, less drug is eliminated. After one half-life the amount of drug remaining in the b

Among heroin addicts there is an unofficial term used to describe heroin-related memory loss. That term is “CRS” which is an acronym for “Can’t Remember S__t." Not surprisingly, the science backs up the term. For instance, we know two things

Celebrity heroin deaths
Tinseltown, has its share of heroin deaths, but one of the most bizarre celebrity heroin overdoses happened in N.Y.C. It began in October, 1978 when Sid Vicious allegedly murdered his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. It ende